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Add another edition? The book of Merlyn T. Donate this book to the Internet Archive library. If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below. Borrow Listen. Want to Read. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries Library. Share this book Facebook. October 13, History. An edition of The book of Merlyn: the unpublished conclusion to 'The once and future king' This edition was published in by University of Texas Press in Austin.
Written in English — pages. The book of Merlyn , Ace Books. Not in Library. Libraries near you: WorldCat. Read Listen. Book Of Merlyn January 15, , Berkley. Many stupid young men had thought they were dying for it, and many would continue to die for it, perhaps for a thousand years.
They did not have to be right about their truth, as Galileo was to be. It was enough that they, the few and martyred, should establish a greatness, a thing above the sum of all they ignorantly had. Argument is only a display of mental force, a sort of fencing with points in order to gain a victory, not for truth. Opinions are the blind alleys of lazy or of stupid men, who are unable to think.
If ever a true politician really thinks a subject out dispassionately, even Homo stultus will be compelled to accept his findings in the end. Opinion can never stand beside truth. At present, however, Homo impoliticus is content either to argue with opinions or to fight with his fists, instead of waiting for the truth in his head. It will take a million years, before the mass of men can be called political animals.
There is no excuse for war, none whatever, and whatever wrong which your nation might be doing to mine-short of war-my nation would be in the wrong if I started a war so as to redress it. A murderer, for instance, is not allowed to plead that his victim was rich and oppresing hhim, so why should a nation be allowed to?
Wrongs have to be redressed by reason, not force. She was a good theologian, but that was all. The truth was that she was old and wise: she knew that Lancelot did care for God most passionately, that it was essential he should turn in that direction.
So, for his sake, to make it easier for him, the great queen now renounced what she had fought for all her life, now set the example, and stood to her choice. She had stepped out of the picture. Lancelot guessed a good deal of this, and, when she refused to see him, he climbed the convent wall with Gallic, ageing gallantry.
He waylaid her to expostulate, but she was adamant and brave. Something about Mordred seems to have broken her lust for life. After his first book. An evocative and exciting tale of wizardry and war, this magnificent fantasy of the last days of King Arthur, his faithful magician and his animal teachers, completes the tragedy and romance of T.
White's masterpiece The Once and Future King. All rights reserved. This magical account of King Arthur's last night on earth spent weeks on the New York Times best-seller list following its publication in Even in addressing the profound issues of war and peace, The Book of Merlyn retains the life and sparkle for which White is known. The tale brings. For fifty years, flying floats and skis, Merlyn's planes crashed into trees, broke through lake ice, twice flipped and once exploded.
Merlyn always walked away. Some called him lucky, many called Merlyn their best friend until a June day when he lost a battle to the jaws of a bear. Home Merlyn. The Book of Merlyn. The Book of Merlyn by T. Merlyn by Jack Whyte. Merlyn s Magic by Carole Mortimer. Merlyn s Mind by Richard H. The 21 Lessons of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe.
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